Took me a while to find this thread again! I missed the posts since February.
Out today I passed a little enclave of vans about 6 miles from the centre of Derby, which I have been intending to capture for a while.
First a shot though a field gate at the max. zoom on my 4 megapixel Olympus, cropped to just the 3 vans.
I was bold enough to venture into the (very mucky!) farm yard and ask permission to photograph ..."Yes, with pleasure" !!! There were 2 more vans hidden in the yard!
I was told that they were bought about 1948/50 "when the railways were getting rid"
Any hopes of identification??
Vans 1 (almost hidden),2, and 3 from left to right..
With permission, squeezed through to get van 1 from the farm side (in use as a loose box with resident calves)
Van 2 from the farm side Could not get nearer due to boggy ground. (Van 3 also unapproachable.)
In the yard, Van 4 in use as a garage
In the yard, Van 5 used as a loose box with calves resident.
(Edit) vans 3 and 5 appear similar, with slatted sides, are they vans intended for the brewery trade?